Champagne, parties, fattening food\u2026there are a lot of things we associate with New Year\u2019s Eve. But if you\u2019d like to try something new\u2014and you like throwing stuff\u2014here are some fun traditions to consider:<\/p>\n
Tired of your dishes?<\/strong> In Denmark, people grab their ugliest plates and bowls, then skulk around on New Year\u2019s Eve throwing them at the front doors of their friends. Apparently, the person who wakes up the next day with the biggest mess on their porch \u201cwins.\u201d<\/p>\n Need incentive to clean your house?<\/strong> In Ireland, they celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve by throwing bread against their walls. In Switzerland, they throw ice cream on the floor. Lots of guests coming? Grab a shop vac.<\/p>\n Just watched the Hoarders?<\/strong> In Johannesburg, they celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve by throwing things they no longer want out of apartment windows. Couches, dressers, stoves\u2026if it\u2019s no longer useful, it\u2019s airborne December 31.<\/p>\n Wondering how strong your heart is?<\/strong> In Siberia, they ring in the new year by cutting holes in the ice so they can drop trees into the lake. I should note that these brave people don\u2019t actually let go<\/em> of the trees\u2014they jump into the freezing water while hanging onto the trunks.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been mulling this over, and I\u2019ve decided that throwing things is too much work (and mess) for me. So I\u2019m going to celebrate like they do in Estonia. Traditionally, Estonians eat seven to 12 meals on New Year\u2019s Day. The more frequently they eat, the more plentiful food will be in the new year. I know you\u2019re all hoping 2018 will be a prosperous year, so I\u2019m going to take one for the team and eat 12 meals on January 1st. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Champagne, parties, fattening food\u2026there are a lot of things we associate with New Year\u2019s Eve. But if you\u2019d like to try something new\u2014and you like throwing stuff\u2014here are some fun traditions to consider: Tired of your dishes? In Denmark, people grab their ugliest plates and bowls, then skulk around on New Year\u2019s Eve throwing them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-bits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}